Skyrim Player Points Out Weird Detail About the Game’s Beggars

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Skyrim is one of the most successful games of the previous decade. While it may not be the highest-grossing game of all time, Bethesda’s action RPG remains one of the bestselling games of the 2010s.

Given the title’s popularity, one might expect every detail of Skyrim to be common knowledge. However, some players still stumble across some odd information from time to time. This includes one who noticed that Skyrim’s beggars could sometimes end up with a ridiculous amount of money.

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As most Skyrim players know, the game’s Pickpocketing system lets them view an NPC’s inventory. Reddit user Alt-Pour-Choses decided to peek into the pockets of Silda the Unseen, a beggar from Windhelm who doubles as one of Skyrim’s Sneak skill trainers. As shown by the screenshot posted to Reddit, offering this service allows her to accrue a potentially absurd amount of the Dragonborn’s money. As the post points out, Silda has more than enough money to buy and furnish the local mansion, Hjerim,

For anyone wondering if that’s true, the screenshot shows Silda with 20,950 Gold Coins. Meanwhile, Hjerim costs 12,000 Gold, though a glitch allows players to acquire it for as little as 8,000. Cleaning up the mansion after Skyrim’s Blood on the Ice quest bumps the total up to 12,500. Furnishing the Armory, Enchanting and Alchemy labs, Living Room, Bedroom Kitchen, and Children’s Room are an additional 9,750, for a total of 22,250. So, while Silda wouldn’t be able to buy all Hjerim’s upgrades, she could afford most of them. If nothing else, it’s odd that she is still wearing tattered rags and living on the street.

Fans on the subreddit had various reactions to learning that a beggar has